trail - evidence pointing to a possible solution; the police are following a promising lead; the trail led straight to the perpetrator track, lead evidence, grounds - your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling
The process by which the oceanic crust is pulled under the continental crust is called subduction and the zone at which this occurs at the plate boundaries is called the subduction zone. At the subduction zone where the oceanic crust sinks beneath the continental crust a deep oceanic trench or valley is created.
When continental plates collide with continental plates, both plates usually subside. When oceanic plates collide with continental plates, the continent usually rides up over the seafloor. Because of tectonic movements, the Pacific Ocean is slowly increasing in size._______ in the mantle and core make ... 3. Subduction is the process of ... 4. Which of the following statements ... 5. Rocks are _______ in the process called ...